feriado municipal
Published 5 November 2026, 06:07
feriado municipal (municipal holiday)
The day of the municipality’s patron saint: each concelho has its own, and it is not on the statutory list of public holidays. Article 235 of the Labour Code classes it as optional, together with Carnival Tuesday: it becomes a day off only if this is written into the sector’s collective agreement or the employment contract itself. The municipality’s services are closed on that day in any case.
Where you come across it. The câmara municipal calendar; the clause on holidays in your employment contract or collective agreement.
If your contract has no such clause, the employer is entitled to have you work as on a normal day, and you will get no holiday supplement. The holiday that applies is the one where you work, not where you are registered, and it can be swapped for another day by agreement.